#E7B940#E7B940

#E7B940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.143 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B940
RGB	rgb(231, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 72.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, 4.69, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 64.64, 85.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% 0.0069 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.143 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2324, 52.0604, 12.1997)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B940 #406EE7

analogous

#E76540 #E7B940 #C1E740

triadic

#E7B940 #40E7B9 #B940E7

tetradic

#E7B940 #40E765 #406EE7 #E740C1

square

#E7B940 #40E765 #406EE7 #E740C1

split-complementary

#E7B940 #40C1E7 #6540E7

monochromatic

#997413 #D09E1A #E7B940 #EECD76 #F5E1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E7B940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#E7B940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B940

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B940	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.143 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cd7c',
    500: '#e7b940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b940;
$custom-light: #f3cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.473,
    "s": 77.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80623,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B940

secondary

#2E4D9D

accent

#69F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B940

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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